The big news hit today from Deadline that the little vixen with the big mouth, Megan Fox, has been passed up in Transformers 3. Paramount had decided not to use the sassy young starlet and Michael Bay had the final say. Other sources from Variety and People have as well confirmed this story. With that …
First Posted on FilmBusters on 05/18/10 So it has been ten weeks and the HBO mini-series The Pacific has drawn to a close. So I thought I would share some of my thoughts on the production now that I have had the opportunity to watch it in its entirety. In broad strokes, I have to …
Montreal, May 19, 2010 – A scintillating new coproduction from the National Film Board of Canada and reFrame Films, The “Socalled” Movie, is about to screen theatrically in cities across Canada. The run follows the feature film’s U.S. debut on YouTube’s new pay-per-view platform and its recent success at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film …
So you can call this part deux of my cops and robbers best of movie list! I think I read somewhere that one of the top male fantasies that didn’t involve their grade eight French teacher with a ridding crop was to be involved in some sort of “caper” with their buddies! Because crime is …
Undertones: Volume 9 Dissonant strings buzz malevolently, rising from the audio depths and as a shot of uninhabited terrain in the American West is shown onscreen, they glissando eerily in contrary motion. As the string buzz subsides a solitary man is shown working in a dark underground shaft, his pickaxe coarsely breaking through the silence. …
By William S. Gooch At first glance, Anthony Fabian draws a strong resemblance to Alan Cummings, so I expected him to be funny, which he was; witty, which he undoubtedly is, and a bit irreverent, which I saw shades of as well. Maybe because he’s British, I was slightly offset by his relaxed charm and …
Shocktilyoudrop.com broke news today that two of the biggest ongoing trends in the film business are ready to overlap: vampires and 3-D. Dario Argento, famed Italian horror director, has announced his next project: a 3-D movie rendering of the classic Dracula. The news comes direct from the Cannes film festival, where FilmExport Group is working …
Cine-Asie is proud to present Wilson Tong!s Snake Deadly Act, a martial arts extravaganza, on glorious 35mm film! This is the ONLY print of this film in circulation, and the only way to see this movie widescreen, uncut, and in it’s original Cantonese w/ English subtitles. Take advantage of an extremely rare opportunity to catch …
Robin Hood Directed by Ridley Scott The story of director Ridley Scott’s attempt to bring the Robin Hood legend to a contemporary audience isn’t exactly the stuff of myths, but it is a telling indicator of the compromises even the most bankable directors and stars apparently need to make to get a major project off …
Authors note: Okay, let me just a minute to explain about my relationship with cop movies. I love them! As an ex-actor my ideal role would be that of some down on his luck, hardboiled cop! The very first feature length script I completed was a cop thriller! I did my very best at channeling …
A great little video has been lead to my attention exploring the mystery of THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN DEVIL. Friends Rob, Matt and a nameless guy behind a camera, decide to take this creatures mystery to their advantage and try and scare their friend, Chad. This video has a great twist that you don’t even see …
With the unexpected success of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, there is expectation of a sequel despite its low box office performance. Well you are in luck my friends because light has been shed by Mark Millar, writer of the Kick-Ass comic. ForcesofGeek got a hold of a press release about the start up of a monthly …
How many times do you think you have heard the phrase, “Get out of there!” in film? Probably a lot more than you think. The guys at, Pajiba, wanted you to know, “Get Outta There” awareness. After watching this video, the phrase will stick out more than you know!
“It is difficult to walk into a film like 12th & Delaware without an opinion, but rest assured, wherever you stand on the issue, your opinion will be both respected and challenged – by the documentary’s subjects.” 12th & Delaware Directed by Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing (USA, 80 min) Picture, if you will, an unassuming …
From Entertainment Weekly, Paramount has confirmed the casting of Grey’s Anatomy actor, Patrick Dempsey, to be in Michael Bay’s Transformers 3. Demspey will be taking on the role of Mikaela Bane’s (Megan Fox) boss. His character also has alternative motives other than bossing around the brunette princess when he told BOL in an interview and …
Don’t ever let them tell you they don’t make movies like they used to. With the final film on my countdown plus the fifty special mentions, I would argue they make them better than they used to. 1- Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Directed by Béla Tarr / Ágnes Hranitzky (co-director) Genre: Drama / Art-House Bela Tarr …
10- Donnie Darko (2001) Directed by Richard Kelly Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Mystery Although Donnie Darko was removed from the big screen after a few weeks, it never disappeared. Thrown away by its distributor it ended up finding its audience on home video and at midnight screenings. Recurrent chats on the Internet indicated a …
If we could take back Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and learn from our mistakes with video game adaptations, will we ever get a decent Street Fighter movie? Besides the 1994 attempt at a feature film, Street Fighter has really been an accomplished video game franchise. After the dust settled from the aftermath of …
Will Ghostbusters 3 actually happen? Three different stories from the contributing actors have surfaced and if you are looking forward to this film being made, then these might be quite misleading. Bill Murray stated last month that the film is “just a myth,” and that “all this talk is just talk.” But other cast members …
Stories have been thrown back and forth whether or not Kick-Ass director, Matthew Vaughn, would be helming the prequel/reboot of the X-Men franchise new film, X-Men: First Class, based off the comic book written by Jeff Parker. Many names were dropped (Louis Leterrier, Jonathan Mostow, Daniel Espinosa, Rupert Sanders, Timur Bekmambetov, David Slade, and Carl …
Yes, every summer movie season looks more the same as the last one. We have another Shrek, another Iron Man, another Sex and the City, another Twilight, another … well you get the point. Indie movies are the only remedy for this Summer blockbuster fatigue. Last year was quite strong (The Hurt Locker, Moon, 500 Days of Summer, …
Exit Through the Gift Shop Directed by Banksy “Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few decades or a millennium or two, but everything must finally fall in war, or wear away into the ultimate and universal ash – the triumphs, the frauds. The treasures, and the …